数据抓取行为的商业秘密规制路径研究--以美国“Compulife案”为视角

Research on Trade Secret Regulation Path of Data Capture Behavior--From the Perspective of"Compulife Case"in the United States

数据抓取的对象通常是用户可以访问的公开信息,因而经常受到不应当通过商业秘密路径加以规制的诘难。美国Compulife案的判决表明用户可以访问的公开信息,在一定情形下仍然符合商业秘密的构成要件。利用商业秘密法处理数据抓取案件有着自身独特的理论基础,应转变对数据抓取行为商业秘密规制路径的认识误区。为充分发挥商业秘密法的规制作用,未来应进一步明确商业秘密的认定标准,并在数据抓取背景下具化“商业道德标准”,遏制对商业秘密“不正当手段”的广泛解释。

The object of data capture is usually the public information that users can access,so it is often criticized that it should not be regulated through the path of trade secrets.The judgment of the Compulife case in the United States indicates that the public information that users can access still meets the requirements of trade secrets under certain circumstances.The use of trade secret law to deal with data capture cases has its own unique theoretical basis,we should change the misunderstanding of the regulation of trade secrets of data capture behavior.In order to give full play to the regulatory role of the trade secret law,the identification standards of trade secrets should be further clarified in the future,and“business ethics standards”should be formulated in the context of data capture to curb the extensive interpretation of“improper means”of trade secrets.